On the rare occasion that my Linux desktop freezes, I have a few tricks up my sleeve that keep me from having to do a hard reboot on my machine.

One reason a lot of people get started with the Linux terminal is to use ImageMagick and FFmpeg. These are popular tools for converting image and video files. One reason you might want to do this is ...

“Linux terminal tutorial, aimed at those migrating from Windows, and users of single board computers including the Raspberry Pi. Covers a range of terminal commands and Linux concepts, including ...

After using Linux for some time, you’ll notice that it’s pretty easy to run hundreds of commands every day. The history command shows all the previously used commands within the bash terminal.

As someone who has traveled the bug-riddled Linux road countless times, let me tell you that invoking root-level access for ...

Working in Screen Sessions Screen has been covered in Linux Journal before (see Resources), but to put it simply, screen lets you have multiple "windows" within a single terminal application. The best ...

There are several tricks for using ssh — some are pretty straightforward and some are things you might not think of as being in the domain of a terminal program.

A mouse click will only get you so far in Ubuntu. Learning terminal commands is an important step for anyone who's serious about using the other OS.

OverTheWire is a collection of web-based games that challenge you to perform tasks. One of the best things about the OverTheWire games is that they teach you how to solve problems on your own and do ...